Example sentences of "we [verb] we [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ People originally came to us for help with choosing wallpapers , paints , fabrics and curtains , but we realised we could give them a much broader service , ’ explains Jon .
2 How do we know we can trust you ?
3 that I 'm w now , so what I suggest we do , is before we say we must make your premenstrual tension better with various manip various bits and bobs , and there are quite a few things we can do to help .
4 ‘ This team is getting stronger and stronger and , just like every other club , we hope we can win it .
5 We accept we must re-examine our supervisory arrangements — and our priorities — in the light of this history . ’
6 We had another week before the Festival and we figured we could hitch ourselves a ride the last leg of the way on a fast freight loader from Exalfa City . ’
7 Four times people at higher levels tried to kill it off , and four times the people working on it came back and fought for it , argued for it , provided justification and evidence for why it should continue : ‘ Just give us a little more time ; we know we can make it work . ’
8 ‘ The principle is that once we find we can do something that makes us feel good , we repeat it , ’ he explains .
9 ‘ But we 've got our pride back after beating Blackburn and we believe we can overcome anybody on our day at Ayresome Park . ’
10 As long as we feel we can sell them on and make a profit for the NECCR then we will be happy .
11 They were not going to fight any more , and we decided we must leave them on the island .
12 We decided we 'd confront it head on .
13 Well , after much deliberation and a family pow-wow or two we decided we 'd give it a go one Sunday afternoon , between the hours of 2 and 6pm .
14 And we decided we 'd have her . ’
15 A spokesman said : ‘ The advice from Boeing is that the pins should be checked for wear after 3,000 cycles but we decided we will replace them as a matter of routine when they reach that figure . ’
16 As you were quick enough to remind me , we swore we would do anything to bring the killer to justice .
17 But we thought we ought to tell you , Sir Henry . ’
18 ‘ For a time he was fighting for his life and we thought we might lose him .
19 We thought we might see you yesterday . ’
20 Since this issue of the NI is devoted to language we thought we might join them for once , but give our own particular slant and maybe set you off in a different direction .
21 We thought we would bring her over here for her first one , ’ he said .
22 So we thought we would form one , just to see what happened .
23 Halstead Rotaract treasurer Emma Samms said : ‘ We thought we would do something different to mark the 25th anniversary of Rotaract . ’
24 Whether it 's a knitted or fabric item , suitable fillings will be required so we thought we would tell you about a couple of products from Abbey Quilting Ltd , a company which specialises in wadding and filling products for craftwork .
25 Coffee we said we thought we would get her some coffee while we were here did n't we ?
26 We thought we should force them to bring the price down .
27 We thought we 'd give him some work this time . ’
28 ‘ He said , ‘ let's try my method , you 've had the SMG , now try going to the top person and everything will be OK , ’ ' says Ramesh K. ‘ After the amount of hassle we 'd had , we thought we 'd give it a go . ’
29 Oh yes we saw the the news reports found them rather disturbing erm we thought we 'd do something to help and decided on a fashion show .
30 We thought we 'd ask your opinion .
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